Outputs (10)

Mapping the social reuse of assets confiscated from organized crime (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The ‘social reuse’ of assets confiscated from organised crime groups is a practice gaining increasing influence worldwide. While a precise definition has yet to be established, the broad concept – that of reusing the proceeds of crime for the benefit... Read More about Mapping the social reuse of assets confiscated from organized crime.

A symbolic defeat? Exploring symbolism and failure in the social reuse of confiscated mafia real estate in Italy (2024)
Journal Article

Italy’s pioneering anti-mafia legislation allows confiscated assets to be handed over to civil society groups. The ‘symbolic’ benefits of this approach are much lauded, but ill-defined. In the context of increasing global interest in the social reuse... Read More about A symbolic defeat? Exploring symbolism and failure in the social reuse of confiscated mafia real estate in Italy.

Self-reflexivity on researching difficult topics: Lessons learned from interviewing former members of organised crime in Mexico (2023)
Journal Article

Increasing attention has been paid to the emotional effects that conducting research on difficult topics can have on researchers, yet, the literature documenting successful strategies, and more crucially, the lessons learned from researchers working... Read More about Self-reflexivity on researching difficult topics: Lessons learned from interviewing former members of organised crime in Mexico.

Written evidence submitted by Dr Mary Alice Young (HEA0001) Organised crime and chasing net zero (2023)
Report

Executive Summary of Evidence: Organised Crime and Chasing Net Zero
1) This evidence will focus on the criminal manipulation of government initiatives to sustainably heat our homes as we work towards the 2050 goal of net-zero emissions; a novel area... Read More about Written evidence submitted by Dr Mary Alice Young (HEA0001) Organised crime and chasing net zero.

Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta (2023)
Book Chapter

It is generally agreed that public perceptions of organised crime are profoundly impacted by the mass media and popular culture, and that cultural representations play a major role in constructing dominant narratives. Furthermore, many scholars have... Read More about Italy’s other ‘other mafia’: Remediation and representations of the ’ndrangheta.

Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia (2023)
Book Chapter

In Italy the term ‘mafia’ is used to refer to a number of different criminal organisations, including (but not limited to): Sicily’s cosa nostra; the camorra (from the region of Campania); the Calabrian ’ndrangheta; and Puglia’s Sacra Corona Unita, a... Read More about Italy’s ‘circle of legality’: The confiscation and social use of assets in the fight against the mafia.

Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges (2023)
Book

Organised crime and financial crime are pressing global problems, increasingly recognised as policy priorities both by national governments and international bodies and corporations. This proudly interdisciplinary collection is built on the premise t... Read More about Organised Crime, Financial Crime, and Criminal Justice: Theoretical Concepts and Challenges.

The investigation and disruption of serious organised crime (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Agenda
September 21 - Investigation Strategies
September 22 – Disruption Tactics for Serious and Organised Criminals


• Agenda live for first two of our four-part series that provides latest thinking and contemporary best practice around the in... Read More about The investigation and disruption of serious organised crime.

The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime (2022)
Journal Article

This editorial highlights a fundamental gap in the existing literature base whereby the climate crisis is largely missing from journals covering all aspects of finance - including those that cover financial crime (for a wider discussion, see Stern, 2... Read More about The ascent of green crime: Exploring the nexus between the net zero transition and organized crime.

The social reuse of assets in Mafia-controlled territory in Italy
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Dealing with confiscated assets – The use of dirty money to support victims of crime